Comparison

Java World	Node World
JVM	Node Runtime
Java	JavaScript / TypeScript
Spring Boot	NestJS / Express
Maven/Gradle	npm / yarn / pnpm
pom.xml	package.json

JS runtime env

A JS runtime built on Chrome’s V8 engine that lets you run JS on the server.

To run JS outside the browser.
Built on Chrome’s V8 engine.
Comes with built-in modules (like fs, http, path).
It’s the engine to executes JS on servers or local machine.
Single-threaded
Non-blocking
Event-driven

Install Node.js

Go to Node.js official website, download and install.

# shows Node.js version
node -v
# shows npm (Node Package Manager) version
npm -v